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Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
Tanacross Learners' Dictionary
PRELIMINARY VERSION
compiled by Irene Solomon Arnold, Gary Holton, and Rick Thoman
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F

favored child

:
dzuug audio favored or spoiled child; traditionally a chief's child raised in a special way
There is no truly appropriate English translation word for this concept.

favorite

:
shaa dint'eh audio my favorite

feasible

:
SEE possible

feather

:
t'ą̌ą' audio general term for feather, specifically wing feather
naxnetdêg wut'ą̌ą' xołeex audio flying creatures have feathers
chuyh audio down feather

February

:
łdíikeey sǎa' audio

feeble

:
SEE weak

feed

:
nee'ech'eh'aał audio she or he is feeding us
łii ech'ek-'aał audio  I am feeding the dogs

feel

:
This implies 'testing' or 'trying out' by physically touching
medegdeyh audio  I am feeling it, touching it
jâan edildeyh audio feel this

femur

:
shxołtth'ěnn' audio my femur, thighbone
SYN thighbone

fence

:
tthek audio caribou fence

fermented

:
nit-tsiidl audio something fermented

fermented fish

:
dzenax audio fermented whitefish in birchbark basket
niłk'odl Copper River style fermented fish heads

fetch

:
SEE haul

few

:
ntsîin audio  few
wudzih ntsîin shę́ę' nek-'ę́ę' audio  I saw just a few caribou

fight (physically)

:
łets'etxąą audio we are fighting
łii iin łe'etxąą audio the dogs are fighting

file

:
ch'iik'agh audio a file
ihk'aax audio I am filing it
ninlagę̌y' ínk'aax audio  you are filing your fingernails

filet

:
mindaat audio fish filet, fish meat

fill

:
Different words are used depending on the type of motion involved in "filling"
datnindiił audio fill it all the way up (by pouring or other continuous motion)
tuu shíi dátníndiił audio fill it up with water (by pouring)
na'itdek audio fill it up (using repeated motion)
łéemah jâan shíi na'itdek audio fill the dirt in here
tuu shíi na'itdek audio fill it up with water (for example, by ladling)
de'egtl'ek audio I am filling it (with a scooping motion)

fin

:
wut'ǒgh' audio

finally

:
sâan tah audio finally, at last
sâan tah nihshah audio finally I arrived

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